years previously; and 2) a prospective study of three different LLIN products (Olyset®, Permanet®2.0 or Netprotect®) over three years using a nation-wide sampling framework across eight districts in Tanzania
Efficacy and safety of ascending dosages of albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> in preschool-aged children, school-aged children and... (Publications)
did not differ significantly among treatment arms and flat dose-responses were observed. 17.9% and 0.4% of participants reported any adverse event at 3 and 24 h follow-up, respectively. Interpretation:
Network analysis of dairy cattle movement and associations with bovine tuberculosis spread and control in emerging dairy belts of Ethiopia (Publications)
farms having one or more outgoing cattle showed a decrease on the likelihood of BTB infection (OR = 0.57) compared to farms which maintained their cattle. CONCLUSION: This study showed that the patterns
Safety and protective efficacy of PfSPZ vaccine administered to HIV negative and positive Tanzanian adults (Publications)
well tolerated in HIV+ vaccinees, but not protective. Vaccine efficacy was 80% in HIV- vaccinees (P = 0.012), whose sera had significantly higher inhibition of PfSPZ invasion of hepatocytes and enrichment
Permeate microbiome reflects the biofilm microbial community in a gravity-driven woven-fiber microfiltration (WFMF) system for wastewater treatment (Publications)
reduced microbial activity, as measured by intact cell counts and intracellular ATP, by 48.7% and 58.0%, respectively. Biofilm structure, investigated by various imaging techniques, including scanning electron
Association of sociocultural stressors with bipolar disorder onset in Puerto Rican youth growing up as members of a minoritized ethnic group: results... (Publications)
1000 person-years compared to 1.08 new cases in San Juan (incidence rate difference, 1.13; 95% CI, 0.09-1.20). After adjusting for potential confounders, South Bronx children had the same lifetime hazard
Impacts of weather and air pollution on Legionnaires' disease in Switzerland: a national case-crossover study (Publications)
cluster analysis, with a standardised notification rate of 14.3 cases/100,000 inhabitants (CI: 12.6, 16.0). The strongest association with LD frequency in the ecological model was found for large-scale factors
Efficient identification of high-titer anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibody plasma samples by pooling method (Publications)
found the seroprevalence correlated with the local infection rates with a correlation coefficient of 0.21 (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS.-: Pooling plasma samples can be used to efficiently screen large populations
Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence in healthcare personnel in northern California early in the coronavirus... (Publications)
y (OR, 3.25; 95% CI, 1.47-6.44), but those with a work, exposure alone were not (OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 0.58-2.47). Importantly, one-third of seropositive individuals reported no prior symptoms, no suspected
Feasibility and acceptability of a strategy deploying multiple first-line artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated malaria in the... (Publications)
appropriate ACT according to the MFT strategy. The adherence level did not differ by study segment (p = 0.19). Overall, the compliance level of health workers (HWs) with MFT strategy was 72.7% (95% CI: 69.7-75
